Telegram-herald., 1887-02-13
McGLYkA'S OFFtNSE
The Case as Viewed From =
Catholic Standpoint.
NOT PUNISHED fOS HIS POLITICS
B4t tor Defending AID Prociaieeing
wild ana N 1sioas theories Dan
gerous 70 the Church anS the
American Pubisc.

4 " AafU 10 Mi1LcIc c~aA4 III -lAiAS 80 Z
cau still maintain. that Father Ac6lyan is
/ punished suspended Tor having taken
side Ia politics not agreeable 10 Archbishop
! COrngAn. TIE Archbishop hzs laid the
whole case before the paolie. from which i
j. clear that be Was rightly punished for
bis disobsiience. caused by pride. And Il
seems also plain enough. that he holds lor
held 20 dangerous and fslse theories and
lectured on them. lie has identified him
self with Mr. George, aud Mr.. George tried
to defend McOlynn, even, We may say.
with an insult % the Archbishop
Most OF the prominent non Catholic
journals have shown the fuulity and
unfairness Of Mr. Georges new and strange
theories taking their stand on the side Of
the Bishop and consequently against
George and McGlynR IL now some
Catholics from the congregation OF Rev.
McGlynn defend him, this shows that
Father MeGlynn failed 10 feed bis tock on
sound principles. Ii IL were true. a. they
say that Rev. AcGlynn Was punished for
his politics, It would be wrong, and IL
would be the first case. No Catholic Bishop
in America ever interfered with the private
political views of his Priests. But he would
not allow any Priest 10 bring politics into
the church, and he might have. perhaps.
also very good reason for forbidding
Priest 10 publicly concern himself
about politics. Two reasons. at least,
are most always there viz Ii distracts him
from his duty and causes antagonistic par
i.s in his congregation. But otherwise
every priest Is free To be Democratic or Re-
publican, or anything else. as long as any
party does not follow and proclaim false
theories such as are against the moral
order. II Rev. McGlynn had voted for
Blaine, or for ST. John, or for am
sure the Archbishop would not have said =
word about il. AS long as Rev. McGlynn
would defend the Irish or the working
mems cause only, in a lawful way. the
Bishop would only be glad for him doing
so. But If he commences 10 mix himself
up defend and proclaim such Wild and nox-
ious theories as those of Mr. George are. !
think the American public ought TO
! be very thankful 10 the Bishop If
he promptly forbids the spread or strength
| enIng of such ominous folly. Good com
mon sense tells US. that it is lawful for
man to own property. If il were not law
| ful for me, as a man, To own property, II
would be unlawful for me TO own anything
| but my skin. We would he somewhat
| alike tu the bears and apes in the woods
aud 10 the sheep and cattle Oh the prairie.
| II IL were true some mad men have
| theoriZed but never proved, that man is
1 tue ut>Atnutlt VI WIN btdolot NHCu
il might be right to say there ought not to
be such thing as private property any
| more among men, than among beasts.
| But don [ TIE beasts, at least some of them.
\ also own private property? Have they
/ not their own caves or nests
With hats and dresses, boots and
pants they are all better provided
than we poor, miserable, beiowbe men.
Shame wish Mr. Darwin could have told
/ H., Off Lind
OF cloths and force themselves now 70 bor-
row or TO steal anu rob il from the beasts.
| our brethren 49, fOrefathers? as he calls
them.) But Mr. George will say: They
have made it." Well, if any one takes
patch of ground, tils it. and sows it, has he
not made it2 Is cultivated tract of land
not different from tract of wild prairie or
husband just as much as piece of furnl-
ture or a house Is a different thing from a
tree that grows in the forest? In both cases
| the substance or matter remains the
same, and the improvement was the work
| Of man in both cases. If / cannot own
| "a piece OF land / cannot own the tree
that stands on il, nor the coal nor the
metal that lies underneath. If | cannot
own piece of land cannot rely on rails
| ing cotton, or corn, or sheep 10 make my
| self clothes TO wear. or food TO eat. but
the state owns the land. says be. "and
am blessed 10 rent" Well, If have no
right to own land against another individ-
| ual, what right has the state to own land
| against another state? Then let US throw
| down the fences and do away with state
lines and abolish the boundaries of cOun-
tries. Ne and J. Bull and COOby are al, of
the same county OF Of no country, we are
cosmOpolitans. There we are lions and
tigers and apes in the woods. and sheep
and cattle on the meadows of the whole
| world The whole world is mine. but
| nothing must belong TO me. If ! have
| cultivated some ground this year, the
| next year some one else may come and use
| it, Who has a right 10 interfere Neither
| l. nor the State. nor anybody else. But If
am the stranger. / drive him away lige one
sparrow the other, or like one dog The
other This j. not the Utopia thai Mr..
George has seen and shows US. bnt the real
one. that it would become, If his theories
should be given a trial. The visionary
stands there against the Dracticel. rational
and actual common sense of all pe pie
and al. nations Of all times Again, we
| mean 20 be a christian nation. we DO not
want 70 be Chine~e or Ma1ome ian. or
som thing Ike NoTmOns though our gov
| eminent. a. such. prefendts 10 loreEo all
religion. But then. the fundamental law
o. christianity is the decalogue those d.
: mau1. Of g. ID a. grvmu gated tn1Ns h
Moses and given hF cod himse g b SO
| commandments ARE. iu reality, only an eX-
preston and formulation o. the natu al
| and rational la~. God IL the reai owner II
all land sud Of wha' ever possession Ne may
hc.d. and lie can give 10 to whomsoeyer He
| peases But Gyd Says. and commands
| that We should respect the ownership %
/ our neighbor "Tb0u shalt not steal r.
snsit not take unlawful. what by right and
| titie belongs not % ihee but - thy nelgb
Dor. = u. ll s. Deuf. ~ II lie foroids.
in tie explanation. 20 hurt feld ors vine
/ yard ~ anofhsr II hon shalt not take.
nor remove Thy neighbors landmark.
which fnv predecessors have sei go tbs
possession in fhe New Law Acts 3 J
Fe read that Ananiss and Ss-
phlra sold their land. and 81.
Peer declared thar they hsd = right
to keep or % se.i tneir p-oIer 20 Peter
was fne heed ~ The Agaef 90 .hs Shepherd
over Gre eha.e flock of Jesus CHRIST John
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